About
- 1.The Discoveries and Their Significance
- 2.The First Seven Scrolls
- 3.Opening and Reading the First Scroll
- 4.The Historical Backdrop of Ancient Judaism
- 5.The Rise of the Jewish Sects
- 6.The Dead Sea Site of the Qumran Sect
- 7.The Emergence of the Rabbinic System
- 8.A Dead Sea Scroll From Medieval Cairo
- 9.Pesher Interpretation — Prophecy Read Anew
- 10.The War Scroll and Other Apocalyptic Texts
- 11.Biblical Manuscripts at Qumran
- 12.Alternative Views of Qumran and the Scrolls
- 13.Stops and Starts En Route to Publication
- 14.The Qumran Vision for a New Temple
- 15.Daily Life at Qumran
- 16.The Halakhic Letter — Rituals Define the Sect
- 17.The Qumran Biblical Canon
- 18.The Qumran Calendar
- 19.Jewish Scholars and Qumran Ritual Practices
- 20.Prayers, Hymns, and the Synagogue
- 21.Qumran Hebrew as an Anti-Language
- 22.The Enigma of the Copper Scroll
- 23.Connections to Christianity
- 24.Scroll Fragments and a New View of Judaism